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The American Venus
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The American Venus

1926-01-31 · 87 min · ★ 8.0

Comedy

A lost film - Mary Gray, whose father manufactures cold cream, is engaged to sappy Horace Niles, the son of Hugo Niles, the elder Gray's most competitive rival in the cosmetics business. Chip Armstrong, a hot-shot public relations man, quits the employ of Hugo Niles and goes to work for Gray, persuading Mary to enter the Miss America contest at Atlantic City, with the intention of using her to endorse her father's cold cream should she win. Mary breaks her engagement with Horace. When it appears that she will win the contest, Hugo lures her home on the pretext that her father is ill, and she misses the contest. Chip and Mary return to Atlantic City, discovering that the new Miss America has told the world that she owes all her success to Gray's cold cream. On this note, Chip and Mary decide to get married.

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Directors
Frank Tuttle
Production companies
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, Paramount Pictures
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Esther RalstonEsther RalstonMary Gray
Lawrence GrayLawrence GrayChip Armstrong
Ford SterlingFord SterlingHugo Niles
Fay LanphierFay LanphierMiss Alabama
Louise BrooksLouise BrooksMiss Bayport
Edna May OliverEdna May OliverMrs. Niles
Kenneth MacKennaKenneth MacKennaHorace Niles
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.Douglas Fairbanks Jr.Triton
Ernest TorrenceErnest TorrenceKing Neptune

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